Jamaica Kincaid's An Encyclopedia of Gardening For Colored Children
Jamaica Kincaid is a world-renowned writer, a Harvard professor, and an avid gardener who’s passing on her plant expertise to Black youth in her new children’s book, An Encyclopedia of Gardening For Colored Children, the first children’s book Kincaid has published in almost 40 years.
The Antiguan-American author is known for her classic works such as 1996’s The Autobiography of My Mother, Lucy (1990) and A Small Place (1988). She has also published numerous books and essays about gardening and horticulture. In her new storybook, Kincaid provides the ABCs of plant life around the world and their unique and sometimes brutal history.
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The Antiguan-American author is known for her classic works such as 1996’s The Autobiography of My Mother, Lucy (1990) and A Small Place (1988). She has also published numerous books and essays about gardening and horticulture. In her new storybook, Kincaid provides the ABCs of plant life around the world and their unique and sometimes brutal history.
Read more here.